railroads

英 [ˈreɪlrəʊdz]

美 [ˈreɪlroʊdz]

n.  铁路; 铁路公司
v.  迫使…仓促行事; 强迫…做; 强使…草率(或草草)通过; 轻率判处
railroad的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 铁路；铁道
  Arailroadis a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails.
  1. ...railroad tracks that led to nowhere...
     向远方延伸的铁轨
  2. The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877.
     铁路终于在1877年修到了圣巴巴拉。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway


• N-COUNT 铁路公司；铁路部门
  Arailroadis a company or organization that operates railway routes.
  1. ...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
     芝加哥和西北铁路公司

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway


• VERB 强迫，迫使（某人仓促行事）
  If yourailroadsomeoneintodoing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them.
  1. He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states...
     他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
  2. He railroaded the reforms through.
     他强制性地推行了改革。

双语例句

• Not just roads and bridges, but high-speed railroads and expanded broadband access.
  不仅是道路和桥梁，还有高速铁路和拓展宽带服务。
• The worst aspect of the record was the exploitation of these immigrants by the railroads and industries.
  最坏的记录是铁路和工业对那些移民的剥削。
• Does our spirit need or not a support when we construct countless skyscrapers and web-like highways and railroads?
  我们在建立起无数的高堂华厦和蛛网般的高速铁路、公路的时候，我们的灵魂是否还需要有一个依托？
• Railroads and bus lines are utilities.
  铁路和公交线路均为公共设施。
• As Morgan combined more and more industries and railroads after 1901 his power grew almost by geometric ratio.
  1901年以后，随着摩根兼并越来越多的工业和铁路，他的力量几乎按照几何比率增长。
• Railroads, bus lines, gas and electric companies are public utilities.
  铁路、公共汽车、煤气和电力公司都是公用事业。
• The influence of harmonics produced by high-speed electric railroads on grid is introduced.
  针对高速电气化铁路的特点，简要介绍了其产生的谐波对电网的影响。
• The weather forced schools, airports, roads and railroads to close on Monday.
  蒙地影响，南京的外小学周一下课，机场、母道和铁道也自愿部合关关。
• Railroads also attracted a good deal of private investment, both domestic and European.
  修筑铁路时还吸收了国内和欧洲的大量私人投资。
• Some railroads once run by steam are now electrified.
  从前由蒸汽操纵的铁路现在电气化了。